by Sarah Schwartz | Jul 30, 2022 | MUN 101
Congratulations! You have made it to the home stretch of your General Assembly. By this point, hopefully, you have successfully conquered the writing process and are beginning the discussions for the Author’s Panel and merges. Fatigue, stress, and anxiety are...
by Joel Shapiro | Aug 30, 2020 | MUN Articles, Strategy
Imagine you’re in a committee. The chair has called for speakers during a moderated caucus, and your hand shot straight up into the air. However, time and time again the chair decides not to call on you. In Model UN, the little things add up. Who you talk to,...
by Maulik Bairathi | Jul 30, 2020 | Community
Cheating in Model UN can be immensely irritating to anyone who plays by the rules. However, dealing with cheating in Model UN is not always a straight forward process, as it can be very subtle, and reporting cheating is difficult because it is an awkward process that...
by Kaitlyn Saldanha | Dec 5, 2019 | MUN Articles, Strategy
During committee, communication with other delegates is absolutely essential in order to stay relevant. Due to the nature of parliamentary procedure, face-to-face conversations are rare during hectic committee sessions; therefore, note-passing is the only viable way...
by AlexNehrbass | Jun 11, 2015 | Editorial, MUN Articles
The team that won the Outstanding Small Delegation award at the 2015 Cornell Model UN Conference was not one of the regular giants on the circuit. They did not practice five hours per week or have the same resources or support as delegations like Dalton Academy or...